The National Coordinator of the District Road Improvement Programme (DRIP), Nii Lante Vanderpuye, has criticised the nurse at the centre of the recent Ridge Hospital assault case, following findings by a committee set up to investigate the incident.

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The committee’s report revealed that, contrary to earlier claims by the nurse and the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA), there was no shoulder dislocation or fracture as alleged.

Reacting to the outcome on Channel One TV on Thursday, August 28, Mr Vanderpuye said the nurse’s credibility and professional reputation were now at stake.

"In this incident, your whole profession as a health professional is at stake. I wonder how people will see her within the space and which institutions will want to work with her because her head of department is saying something contrary to what she said."

He further argued that the nurse mishandled the matter by pursuing it personally rather than allowing her institution to take responsibility.

"I think that the lady nurse has also put herself so much into the whole controversy."

"The first person you will report to is your head of department. In this situation, if she had reported to the head of department and the management, Ridge Hospital as an institution would take up this fight," he explained.

Mr Vanderpuye also criticised her for taking the matter to the GRNMA instead of her place of work, the Ridge Hospital.

"The association (GRNMA) she belongs to should not be the maiden institution that should be fighting this. You can't run to your association and leave your main department (Ridge Hospital)," he insisted.